Ski Index

The Ski Index provides indices of ski conditions due to weather.

Overview

  • Domain Portfolio: Forecast
  • Domain: Lifestyle - Indices
  • Usage Classification: Standard
  • Geography: Global
  • Attribution Required: n/a
  • Attribution Requirements: n/a

HTTP Headers and Data Lifetime - Caching and Expiration

For details on appropriate header values as well as caching and expiration definitions, please see The Weather Company® Data | API Common Usage Guide.

URL Construction

Atomic API URL Examples:

Request by Geocode (Latitude & Longitude): Required Parameters: geocode, language, format

https://api.weather.com/v2/indices/ski/daypart/<duration>?geocode=33.74,-84.39&language=en-US&format=<json>&apiKey=yourApiKey

 Aggregate Product Name

https://api.weather.com/v2/indices/ski/daypart/15day?geocode=33.74,-84.39&language=en-US&format=json&apiKey=yourApiKey

v2idxSkiDaypart15

Request by Postal Code: Required Parameters: postalCode, countryCode, language, format

https://api.weather.com/v2/indices/ski/daypart/<duration>?postalCode=94608&countryCode=US&format=<json>&language=en-US&apiKey=yourApiKey

 Aggregate Product Name
https://api.weather.com/v2/indices/ski/daypart/15day?postalCode=94608&countryCode=US&format=json&language=en-US&apiKey=yourApiKey v2idxSkiDaypart15
Ski Index - Daypart API

Data Elements & Definitions

API Name Field Name Description Type Range Sample Nulls Allowed Usage
Repeating Elements: Unique to Forecast
fcstValid Time forecast is valid ... start of the forecast period, always 7am local time. [epoch] 1369306800 N Display As Provided
fcstValidLocal Time forecast is valid ... start of the forecast period, always 7am local time. [ISO] 2013-05-23T07:00:00-0400 N Display As Provided
Repeating Elements: Common Per Time Segment
num

Daypart Segment (12hour) - Sequential daypart number, where 1 = daytime of Day 0

Long - Range - Sequential hour number, where 1 = first available hour of forecast, usually <= 1hr from “now”

 [integer] 21 N Display As Provided
dayInd Day / Night Indicator [string] D,N D N Display As Provided
daypartName Name of 12hr daypart, not including day names in first 48hrs [string] Tomorrow N Display As Provided
Atomic Indices
Ski Index skiCategory Descriptive text of Ski Index [string] Very Good N Display As Provided
skiIndex

Index of ski conditions due to weather.

1=Very Poor, 2-3=Poor, 4-5=Fair, 6-7=Good, 8-9=Very Good, 10=Excellent

 [integer] 1-10 9 N Display As Provided

JSON Sample

JSON Sample - Daypart

{

"metadata": {},

"skiIndex12hour": {

"fcstValid": [],

"fcstValidLocal": [],

"dayInd": [],

"num": [],

"daypartName": [],

"skiIndex": [],

"skiCategory": []

}

}

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